Series VI: Irish History, 1908-2020 (inclusive), 1986-2018 (bulk), inclusive
Extent
2.36 Linear Feet in 3 legal sized manuscript box, 1 folder in an oversized box, 1 artifact in a card box, 3 folders in a shared flat box, and 14 folders in a legal sized manuscript box
Scope and Contents
This series reflects Jack O'Brien's interest in Irish history and focuses on many topics such as the 1916 Easter Rising, Fenian movement, the Great Famine in Ireland, the role of Irish and Irish American citizens during the American Civil War, the history of Irish and British relations, John F. Kennedy, World War I, and Grosse Ile (a Canadian Island that served as a refuge for Irish immigrants escaping the Great Famine).
Materials in this series include brochures, news clippings, magazine articles, photographs, booklets, a DVD, and posters.
Arrangement
The materials in this series have been arranged alphabetically.
"180 Years Ago: O'Connell Launches Catholic Emancipation Efforts", 2003
Box: 44, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"1847: A Chronicle of Genius, Generosity, and Savagery", 2016
Box: 44, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1916 Easter Rising, 1972-1974, 1984-1987, 2011-2016, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 64, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1916 Easter Rising Commemoration Pins, 2016
Box: 59 (Material Type: Realia)
1916 Easter Rising Commemoration Poster, 1986
Box: 61 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
1916 Commemorative Journal - 100th Anniversary (Irish National Caucus), 2016
Box: 64, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
1918 Commemorative Journal - 100th Anniversary of Irish National Caucus, 2018
Box: 44, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"America's First Patriot Act", 2003
Box: 44, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"An American Irish and Irish American Anniversary", 2017
Box: 44, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Irish Historical Society, 1941, 2004, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
American Revolution, undated
Box: 44, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Amistad Connection", 2003
Box: 44, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ancient Map of Ireland Discovered", 1987
Box: 44, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Ancient Music of Ireland, 1969
Box: 44, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Anglo-Irish Treaty: The Death of the Dream", 2001
Box: 44, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Battle of Homestead (1892), undated
Box: 44, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bloody Monday (Aug 6, 1855), 2005
Box: 44, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Book Excerpt - A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland's Part in America's Struggle for Liberty, 1921
Box: 44, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Book Excerpt - The Irish in the American Revolution and their Early Influence in the Colonies, 1908
Box: 44, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Brave and Generous People: Washington's St. Patrick's Day Proclamation of 1780", 2015
Box: 44, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brexit and the MacBride Principles, 1993-2021, inclusive
Box: Shared Tamiment 165, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cartoon - "Notes for a history of Ireland", undated
Box: 44, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Catalpa (Whaling Ship), undated
Box: 44, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Celebrating a Centenary of Women's Suffrage and Representation in Parliament (booklet), 2018
Box: 44, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Civil War, 1959, 1986-2013, inclusive
Box: 44, Folder: 21-22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 64, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Civil War Records in the New York State Archives, undated
Box: 45, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Clan Na Gael, undated
Box: 45, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Concise History of Ireland's Woes...and to Whom Due", 1991
Box: 45, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Coup, Then and Now: The Enemies of Humanity Try to Give Trump the JFK Treatment", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Crime of Britain", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Crucial Victory on Lake Champlain - 9/11/1814", 2018
Box: 45, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dail Eireann Debate - Friday, 9 May 1919, 2018
Box: 45, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dawn on the Irish Coast or the Exile's Return", undated
Box: 45, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David McCullough, 2010
Box: 45, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Day in Capitan Sarmiento", 2004
Box: 45, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Debunking a Myth: The Irish Were Not Slaves, Too", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Declassified FBI Files on Noraid - Part One (1972)", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Democracy in Ireland", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dreamers of Dreams - Portraits of the Irish in America (Book Cover), undated
Box: 45, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dublin After the Six Days' Insurrection: Thirty-One Pictures from the Camera of Mr. T.W. Murphy, undated
Box: 64, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Economic Case for Irish Unity", 2015
Box: 45, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Eight Centuries of England in Ireland: A Synopsis of Irish History, 2001
Box: 45, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Eiri in Airde: Colonialism Summed Up", 2018
Box: 45, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The English in Ireland abd the Practice of Massacre", 2015
Box: 45, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Epic History and Heritage of the Irish", 2011
Box: 45, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Europe and the Irish Monks", 2017
Box: 45, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Exposing the Scotch-Irish Myth", undated
Box: 45, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Falkland Islands, undated
Box: 45, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy, 2012
Box: 65, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fenian Movement, 1990-2018, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Few Vital Aspects in the Understanding of the History of the Irish in Ireland and America in the 17th and 18th Centuries", undated
Box: 45, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fort O'Brien, 2001
Box: 45, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The GAA and Irish Independence, undated
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_1 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
The GAA and Irish Independence: undated (Material Type: Electronic Record)
General James Rowan O'Beirne, 1994
Box: 45, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Great Famine/Great Hunger, 1997-2018, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Grosse-Ile, 1997, 2009, inclusive
Box: 45, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"How Can 50 States Be Wrong?", 2005
Box: 45, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Immigrant Girls of the Arsenal Memorial", undated
Box: 46, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"IRA in County Cork not Sectarian", 2017
Box: 46, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ireland's Thatched Cottages, 2014
Box: 46, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ireland's US Navy's War Brides", 2017
Box: 46, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Irish Declaration of Independence (1919)", undated
Box: 46, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish History: Yesterday & Today, 2016
Box: 65, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Life Viking Adventure, 1988
Box: 46, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Irish Maps, Place Names, Clan Lands, and more!", 2014
Box: 46, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Nationality Law, undated
Box: 46, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Irish Return and Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus", 2020
Box: 46, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Irish Slaves in the Caribbean (James Cavanaugh), undated
Box: 65, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"It's a Celtic Feast", undated
Box: 46, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Joyce, 2017
Box: 46, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Connolly Poster, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Jeanie Johnston, 2013
Box: 46, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Jerome Connor: Irish America's Artistic Spokesman", 2016
Box: 46, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John F. Kennedy, 2013-2017, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John and James Haltigan - Irish and American Patriots, 2015-2019, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Martin (1812-1875), 2004
Box: 46, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Phillip Holland, 2008
Box: 65, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Journal of the American Irish Historical Society, 1913
Box: 46, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kevin Barry Poster, undated
Box: Shared Tamiment 080, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Kilcolgan Hotel, 2008
Box: 46, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Labor in Irish History", 2004
Box: 46, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Martyrs of the Mines", 2008
Box: 46, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Michael Collins, 1922, 2002, 2006, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Michael Corcoran (1827-1863), undated
Box: 46, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Michael Doheny (1805-1862), 1989
Box: 46, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2004
Box: 46, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Mystery of Duffy's Cut", 2013
Box: 46, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Cut: The Journey of the Men and Women of Duffy's Cut, 2017
Box: Electronic Records, E-records: TW_AIA_067_ER_3 (Material Type: electronic records)
Digital materials
"The Cut": The Journey of the Men and Women of Duffy's Cut: 2017- (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"The Nation Newspaper", 2004
Box: 46, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Navy Historic Markers - WWI", 2018
Box: 46, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Nazi Spies in Ireland During WWII", 2007
Box: 46, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Northern Ireland: Stuck in the 19th Century", 2003
Box: 46, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"On Ireland, Wilson Looked the Other Way", 2016
Box: 46, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Operation Green (Ireland), 2007
Box: 46, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Plan Kathleen, 2007
Box: 46, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pocket Guide to Northern Ireland, undated
Box: 46, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Politically Correct Iconoclasm: Violations of Federal Status, Attempt to Erase History", undated
Box: 46, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Presidential History, 1981
Box: 46, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Revival of Irish Language, 1989, 2012, inclusive
Box: 46, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), undated
Box: 46, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast: Tales of Pirates, Squalls, and Treasure, 2010
Box: 46, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Shipwreck of the Faithful Steward, 2017
Box: 46, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Short History Essays, undated
Box: 46, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sinn Fein Secret 1988 Report on Noraid", 2017
Box: 47, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Smashing of the Van", 2017
Box: 47, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Soldaten on Fighting, Killing, and Dying: The Secret World War II Transcripts of German POWs, 2012
Box: 47, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Terence McSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork (1879-1920), 2015
Box: 47, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Terry O'Sullivan (General President, Laborers' International Union of North America), 2017
Box: 47, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Treason/Felony Act 1848, 2004
Box: 47, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ulysses S. Grant, 2004
Box: 47, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
United States Christian Commission, undated
Box: 47, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
The Unknown: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and WWI's Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home, 2018
Box: 47, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Why Are Some Massacres Privileged?", 2017
Box: 47, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Why Irish American History?", 2018
Box: 47, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Winston Churchill Sent the Black and Tans to Palestine", 2017
Box: 47, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
World War I, 2011
Box: 47, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zaire River Expedition, 1974
Box: 47, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
